Debian Bug report logs - #501813
kde: default font for GUI is dangerous

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Török Edwin <edwintorok@gmail.com>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: kde: default font for GUI is dangerous

Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:10:59 +0300

Package: kde
Version: 5:48
Severity: normal


The default font for pidgin/licq is Sans Regular, which makes
capital I looks like the small l. I have in pidgin set to use font from system
theme.

I just told a friend (via IM) to press alt-sysrq-l to trace a kernel problem,
and he pressed alt-sysrq-i, because the letters were indistinguishable with the
default font.

I am using pidgin, he's using licq.

The font for konsole is sane, why not use that as the default GUI font?
The default font is also annoying when sending pieces of code via IM, since you
need to copy+paste it to actually read it.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages kde depends on:
ii  kde-core                      5:48       the K Desktop Environment core mod
ii  kdeaccessibility              4:3.5.9-2  accessibility packages from the of
ii  kdeaddons                     4:3.5.9-2  add-on plugins and applets provide
ii  kdeadmin                      4:3.5.9-2  system administration tools from t
ii  kdeartwork                    4:3.5.9-3  themes, styles and more from the o
ii  kdeedu                        4:3.5.9-2  educational apps from the official
ii  kdegames                      4:3.5.10-1 games from the official KDE releas
ii  kdegraphics                   4:3.5.9-3  graphics apps from the official KD
ii  kdemultimedia                 4:3.5.9-3  multimedia apps from the official 
ii  kdenetwork                    4:3.5.9-4  network-related apps from the offi
ii  kdepim                        4:3.5.9-5  Personal Information Management ap
ii  kdetoys                       4:3.5.9-2  toys from the official KDE release
ii  kdeutils                      4:3.5.10-1 general purpose utilities from the
ii  kdewebdev                     4:3.5.9-3  web development apps from the offi

kde recommends no packages.

Versions of packages kde suggests:
pn  kde-i18n                      <none>     (no description available)
ii  xorg [x-window-system-core]   1:7.3+17   X.Org X Window System

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Message #10 received at 501813@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Török Edwin <edwintorok@gmail.com>

To: 501813@bugs.debian.org

Subject: alt-sysrq

Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:15:10 +0300

P.S.: alt-sysrq-i kills all processes, except init, and alt-sysrq-l
shows a stacktrace. HUGE difference

Message #17 received at 501813-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Modestas Vainius <modestas@vainius.eu>

To: Török Edwin <edwintorok@gmail.com>

Cc: 501813-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: kde: default font for GUI is dangerous

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:31:06 +0200

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Hello,

On penktadienis 10 Spalis 2008 20:10:59 Török Edwin wrote:
> Package: kde
> Version: 5:48
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> The default font for pidgin/licq is Sans Regular, which makes
> capital I looks like the small l. I have in pidgin set to use font from
> system theme.

pidgin and licq are not even KDE applications. Please report new bugs on these 
packages if you still have this problem.


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Modestas Vainius <modestas@vainius.eu>

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